Castellaneta, Italy wind farm facts and numbers

Castellaneta wind project was set up in Apulia, Italy It was finished in 2013 and is owned by BKW.

It is near .

See below for data.

Wind farms, as a general rule call for wind speeds of 4.5 metres per second or more.

A great place for a project like Castellaneta might have a near constant flow of non-turbulent wind year round, having a minimum chance of abrupt powerful bursts of wind. Additionally, you wouldn’t get a turbine BKW like BKW included if Castellaneta was not built near local demand or transmission capa.

During the planning stages the Castellaneta wind farm would have been checked and validated through wind measurements. Meteorological wind data alone is usually not sufficient for correct siting of a large wind power project.

Assortment of site-specific data for wind speed and direction could have been important to determining site potential to be able to finance the project. Local winds are frequently examined for a year or more, and detailed wind maps made before wind generators are set up.

The wind blows sooner at greater altitudes due to the reduced influence of drag. The rise in velocity with altitude is most spectacular near the surface and is affected by geography, surface roughness, and upwind limitations such as trees or buildings. Velocity grows with altitude and it is more distinct near land and is altered by terrain, surface and hurdles.

Generally, the rise of wind speeds with growing height follows a wind profile power law, which predicts that wind speed rises proportionately to the seventh root of altitude. Increasing the elevation of a turbine, then, increases the expected wind speeds by 10%, and the predicted power by 34%.

The distance of 7x Rotor Diameter is placed between each turbine, ie they’re spaced out so that they don’t affect one another. But micrositing increases placement, specially in hilly areas.

Individual turbines at Castellaneta are interconnected with a medium voltage (usually 34.5 kV) power collection system and communications network.

At a substation, this particular medium-voltage electric current is increased in voltage with a transformer for connection to the high voltage transmission system. Development of a land-based wind farm requires installing of the collector system and substation, and probably roads to each and every turbine site.